Brazil has won a major battle towards securing its right to produce nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. After months of struggle, it has reached a pact with the International Atomic Energy Agency

Starvation deaths are back to haunt the UPA Government at the Centre. This time the disturbing news has come from Maharashtra. The report of 71 children dying of malnutrition in Maharashtra's

Fervent appeals for a

Hundreds of millions of children in Asia are growing up in absolute poverty although Asia is set to be the most economically thriving region in the world in the 21st century. Therefore, growing up in

The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (BOSE) is likely to introduce Disaster Management and HIV/AIDS as subjects from the 2006 session in all government and private schools affiliated to

For the poverty-stricken Elkela tribals of Orissa, selling wives is a way to survive. The issue of Elkelas selling their wives was brought up in the state assembly during the 90s but these tribals

In the past five years, 57 developing countries have submitted a Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP). At their annual meeting in September, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund

Lumiyo Abudu's six children died in May after eating wild yams. She blames herself for their deaths even though she was forced to scavenge because granaries were empty and there was little else to

Poverty and low standard of living loom large in the developing world which constitutes almost two third of the world population. The widespread poverty and the depressed standards of living among

Finance minister P Chidambaram still has no idea of the bill that the rural employment guarantee programme (REGP) will run up. And the outcome budget does not make anybody any wiser on this score.